Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1887-09-30

) sad he, lHlnlOll, lllll - ull NI'iiS' il'N
service was not worth that sum; give nm
back at least half of it. -
protested that the fea was fixed in ad-
/ vance: that Scott was perfectly satisfied
| and had so expressed himself.
That may be-" rctorted Mr.. Lincoln,
with look of distress andi of undisguised
displeasurc; but | am not satisfied This
! is positively wrong. Go; call him back and
! return half the money at least, or | Will
not.receiye one cent Of it for my share
did 90, and Scott was astonished when
| handed back half the fee. This conversa-
| ton had attracted the attention OF the law
| yerS and the court. Judge David DAVIS,
then on the circuit bench, called Mr.. Lin
coin TO him. The Judge never could whls-
per. but in this instance he probably dld his
best At all events in attempting to wins
per 70 Mr.. Lincoln he trumpeted ms rebuke
in about thcsewords, and in rasping tones
that could I've heard all over the courtroom
III Lincoln! | have been watching you and
Lamon. You are impoverishing this bar by
your picayune charges of fees and the law
yers have reason to complain of you. on
are now almost as poor as Lazarus ana II
you don't make people pay you more for
your services YOU will die A. poor as Jobs
turkey
Judge @. l.. Davis, the leading lawyer III
| that part of the State, promptly applauded
this malediction from the bench; but Mr..
| Lincoln was immovable. That money,
said he, comes out of the pocket of II poor
demented girl: and | would rather Starve
than 80 swindle her in this manner
That evening the lawyers got together
and tried Mr.. Lincoln before a moot tribu-
nal called The Ogmathorial Court y He
was found guilty and fined for his awful
/ crime against the pockets of his brethren OF
the Bar The fine he paid with great good
hllmor, and then kept the croHd of lawyers
in uproarious Laughter. until after midnight.
| He persisted in his revolt however, declar-
ing that with his consent, his firm should
never during his life, or after its dissolution,
deserve the reputation enjoyed by those
shining lights of the. profession, Catch 'em
| and cheat EN-.
In many of the courts on the circuit Mr..
Lincoln would be engaged on one side or the
other of every case on the docket, and yet
owing to his slow charges, and the large
amount of professional work he did for
nothing, at the time he left Springfield for
! Washington to take the oath of office as
preaident of the United States, he was not
worth more than $1,000, his property
| consisting OF the house in which he had
| lived and 80 acres of land on the opposite
side1 of ths river from Omaha Nebraska
! This land lie had entered with his bounty
| land warrant obtained for services III the
Black Hawk War.
Mr.. Lincoln was Away, simple in his
habits and tastes He wa, economical i'll
| everything and his wants We're few He
was u good liver, and his family, though
not extrayagant, were much given to enter
tanments and saw and enjoyed many ways
| of spending money not observable by him.
| After all his economy, and long life OF
successful law practice. he was reduced to the
necessity of borrowing money to to detray
expenses for the first months Of his resi-
dence at the White House. This money he
repaid after receiving his salary as presi-
dent for the first quarter.
After Mr.. Lincoln's election he was sore
~ beset by rival claimants for the spoils
of office in his own State, and distracted
by iealousies among his Own party adher-
entS. The State was divided so far as the
republican party was concerned, into three
cliques or factions. The Chicago faction
was headed by Norman b. Judd and Eben-
ezer Peck, the Bloomington faction by Judge
David Davis, Leonard SWEET and others,
and that of Springfield by j. X. Dubois, O..
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l"' "u;'S ,n;, tts ' $50,
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patronage am sat'9iuctio" was si,t', al
"'puiin d. iui d ''i'ut'I,aiVT? "oL',i '''T
between Vnf !In'e pi W. i'N'ro',i e'TC
tloh ana the Ilth Oh feorsarS' iooI' III
, spent MS time III room III tue >'ate i ~,
winch was aSslghedFo nm IL an ohice,
Young MI Nlcolay' very clever ana
competent clerk, was loaned to nm by the
secretary OF state to do his writing Our
ing this time he was 30 oVerrun with Isl
tors from all quarters OF the country
some to assist in forming tins cabinet; som'